The Netherlands Heart Tissue Bank : Strengthening the cardiovascular research infrastructure with an open access Cardiac Tissue Repository.
Michiel T H M HenkensJ F van AstA S J M Te RieleA C HouwelingA S AminR NijveldtM L AntoniX LiS M T WehrensJ H von der ThüsenK DammanE N Ter HorstO C ManintveldR Y Abma-SchoutenH W M NiessenH H W SilljéJ W JukemaP A DoevendansPublished in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2022)
To improve the availability of cardiac tissue for cardiovascular research, the NHTB will include extensive (cardiac) biosamples, medical images, and clinical data of donors with and without a previously known cardiac disease. As such, the NHTB will function as a translational bridge to boost a wide range of cardiac disease-related fundamental and translational studies.